I know this is up a couple days later then usual but I got working on a new story based off of Overwatch, the original source material for this idea and that took up the beginning of my week.

Branch and Poppy waited at Branch's office for hours waiting for news of Chef's capture and arrest. When nothing was heard back by the fourth hour Branch and Poppy sped towards Chef's lab to see if something happened, concern and fear taking control of their body. Their fear was confirmed when they reached the lab. Chef wasn't there, nor was any of the members of Talon, but Peppy's body was there, laying still against the wall, his life having been drained from him.

"NO!" Poppy cried running up to her father's body. "NO,NO! DAD!"

"What happened?" Branch grasped kneeling down to Peppy's body. He noticed scorch marks on his back, the scorches matched the same type of residue that came from his pulse rifle.

As Poppy cradled her father's body she noticed something very disturbing off a the distance.

"Branch," Poppy pointed Branch to a pulse rifle laying on the ground about ten yards away from them. Putting on a pair of gloves Branch inspected the gun. Sure enough it was indeed a perfect replica, that wasn't the only disturbing thing about the gun, what Branch discovered next make him gasp in fear.

"What's wrong?" Poppy asked

"These have my finger print's on them but how?"

Branch then noticed a blue stand of hair laying close to Peppy's body, The hair was the exact same color strand as his.

"Who wants to bet that strand of hair has my DNA on it?"

"Branch, what the hell is going on?"

"I think..." Branch started hyperventilating as everything started to sit in. "Chef is trying to set me up for Peppy's murder."

"But why?"

Branch didn't answer as he saw Chef's computer still on one of the lab tables, still logged in. Branch ran to it and started fiddling with it, trying desperately to figure out just what the hell Chef was up to. He jumped back in fear at the footage he saw. Chef had a recording of her lab work, and footage of her testing out the Death Blossom.

"Test number one of the Death Blossom," Chef said in the recording.

"Poppy come here," Branch hollered out. Setting Peppy's body down gently on the floor Poppy ran to join Branch's side as they watched the disturbing footage.

"The Death Blossom was created to bring recently deceased individuals back to life. As you will see with this rat before you." Branch and Poppy cringed as Chef sucked the soul of of the rat killing it within seconds.

"Now watch for yourselves." Chef then took a syringe filled with the black chemicals and injected it in the rat. The rat came back to life, only this time a trail of black smoke circled around him, and he could teleport and turn into smoke at it's will. Branch and Poppy was speechless unable to contemplate what they were witnessing

Neither was able to say a word as Branch looked through more and more footage of Chef experimenting with the Death Blossom, this time with human experiments. They watched as Recluse brought in hundreds of bodies, some that was killed her, and others that was killed in the London attack, one of whom was of Rudy Thorn.

"Thorn, he was already dead when he attacked us?" Poppy realized.

"He was a puppet, they all are,"

"What the hell?" Was all Poppy could say.

Finally they came to the final footage, this one was taken just shortly after Peppy was murdered. Chef's army of the dead was completed, and she was unveiling her plan.

"Headmaster Peppy is dead, with the evidence me and Recluse has planted every news station will believe that he was killed by Branch's hands. Your job is to rile the crowd up to turn them against the Watchdogs. Once the Watchdogs are considered criminals we will march down there and destroy them all. Then there will be no one left around to stop us from conquering the world.

"Oh my God!" Poppy cried cupping a open palm around her mouth as a tear streamed down her cheek.

"This is the beginning of our downfall," Branch realized.

In Australia's capital dozens of Chef's army was stirring up the crowd as Chef presented the evidence of Peppy's murders. News stations across the world was reporting on the events with each news station showing more and more people calling for the Watchdogs termination, and the immediate arrest of all it's agents.

"While no confirmed motive has been given for why recently promoted Strike Commander Branch murdered his supurier Headmaster Peppy, former Blackdog agent Pitch had this to say.

Back at base everyone was watching the news unfold, they all growled as Pitch showed his face on the news and spilled lies about Branch.

"Strike Commander Branch broke a major rule that was set in stone by Peppy himself by getting Peppy's daughter pregnant. Then he tried to cover the pregnancy up and kept it a secret from his own team. When Peppy found out I overheard him threatening to court martial Branch. Just hours later Chef found him dead in her lab."

"That's a lie you treacherous piece of crap!" Poppy screamed throwing the remote at the TV screen, shattering it.

"The first part of it isn't. Isn't it Branch?" Tooth asked.

Branched let out a deep sigh, his back turned to the team, to ashamed to face them. "No, it isn't. Me getting Poppy pregnant, is indeed true."

"Branch?" Suki gasped in shock

"Why didn't you tell us earlier?" Hiccup asked

"Because I was ashamed!" Branch snapped "I am supposed to be the leader of this team, to obey and abide by the book, to uphold every rule no matter what they are! But I didn't! I didn't say anything, because I knew if you knew what I did, you would never take me serious as a leader again!"

"We might have if you had just been truthful with us from the beginning." Tooth shot back. "And I mean even before Poppy's pregnancy. Do you know how many times I heard rumors from the janitors about you and Poppy? Do you know how many times I walked up to them and scolded them for speaking lies about our Commander. They said they spotted you two sneaking out back and making out in secret. They said they saw you holding hands and talking all giggly to each other. I shamed them for that. I even chased one of them off the premise and told him not to show his face again! And now you tell us that it was all true? Do you know how much of a fool I feel like now?"

"I'm sorry, okay, I should have been honest up front."

"I STOOD UP FOR YOU! FOR BOTH OF YOU!" Tears was streaming down Tooth's face. Branch could tell how upset she was, he couldn't blame her. He would be to in this sort of situation. "I don't believe for a second that you killed Peppy, or that you two even had a argument like Pitch claims, but not for a second do I believe you are the saint that you always built yourself up to be, not anymore. Leaders are supposed to set the example. To show others how to lead and live their lives. We don't expect our leaders to be perfect because no one is, but we do expect them to be honest with their people. What you did was not honest and not what a good leader is supposed to do."

"Um Tooth, you might want to finish your little lecture later." Astrid had pulled back up the news video on the phone and the news was only getting worse.

"We have just received word that the world leaders have all met via Skype and have all came to the same conclusion. As of immediately the Watchdogs are to be disbanded. Strike Commander Branch is to give himself up and all Watchdog activity is now deemed illegal. Anybody performing acts in the name of the Waltchdogs will be arrested and imprisoned.

"No!" Suki cried, curling down on the couch and burying her head in her knees as she sobbed.

"My God!" Gobber cried.

"What are we to do now?" Shifu asked.

Branch let out a deep exhale as he sighed "I don't know."

What none of them knew was just a couple of miles away, Chef and Pitch was leading Chef's army to the Watchdog's new base. Many of them were carrying powerful weapons, raging from rocket launchers to heavy duty assault rifles, they were planning on blowing the headquarters up, with everyone inside.

Well not exactly everyone. Chef had ordered Pitch to take out Branch, while Recluse was ordered to draw out Poppy and kill her. And she knew just how she was going to do it to. Recluse ran up ahead of them and abducted a guard from behind. She then grappled up to a nearby tower on the Watchdog's base. Then after receiving Poppy's number from Chef, she texted her a little message.

"This is my fault." Branch sighed staring out the window as he wallowed in his guilt. "I failed this team. If I hadn't been so focused on hiding my relationship with Poppy, making sure I protected my reputation, then maybe I could have noticed the darkness inside Chef and Pitch, and stopped them before this even happened."

"Not even Dad noticed Chef's true colors, it's not your fault," Poppy tried to ensure. She was going to say more but she felt her phone vibrating. Her eyes widened with horror as she read the message.

I have a hostage, I'm at the clock tower right next to HQ. Come after me, or he dies.

-Recluse.

"Recluse is here on base? How did Recluse get hear on base?"

"I hate to break it to you sweetheart but it's not just Recluse," Puss pointed out. Looking through his binoculars he saw hundreds of heavily armed people all charging towards the headquarters, being led by Chef, and Pitch.

"What's the plan Strike Commander?" Puss asked.

Branch let out one last sigh, he knew there was only one way this would end, and it was not going to be pretty for him. Still he knew that his team looked up to him, even if he didn't deserve to be looked up too. He may have failed them once, but he couldn't fail them again.

"You see those people charging towards us?"

"Kind of hard to miss," Hiccup replied

"They are not human, they are experiments created by Chef. They are deceased people that Chef resurrected with her witchcraft and using as her slaves. They are no longer living, so no need to hold back. Take them out, and free them from the hell they are experiencing."

"The news ain't going to see it as anything else but a mass murder if we kill all these things."

"We're already criminals so it doesn't matter what they think at this point." Branch replied cocking his gun. "Chef is going to use those things to take over the world. This may be are last act as a Watchdog, let's make the most out of it by ensuring Chef does not win."

"We're outnumbered a hundred to one though." Suki replied

"Well then I guess we need every hand on deck." Branch turned to Astrid who looked back at him surprised.

"Me?"

"Congratulations Astrid your a official Watchdog."

"You do realize this is going to be the shortest held job I've ever had right?"

"Well then make the most of it." Branch turned to Poppy "Take care of that hostage, we'll take care of the rest." Poppy nodded and ran off, while everybody else readied their weapons. "United we stand."

"Together we fall," Suki added.

"We fight as one." Hiccup finished

The door burst open and both sides collided.

The final climax for story one has arrived. I know, we are already almost done with this story, the first one anyway. I know what you are probably thinking, things are only getting worse, how the hell is this going to have a happy ending? Remember, this a trilogy. I have two more stories to work that out.

Till next time.